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esults, although sporadic findings concerning<br />

biological effects (including<br />

increased <strong>cancer</strong>s in animals) have been<br />

<strong>report</strong>ed. IARC has classified extremely<br />

low frequency fields as possibly causing<br />

<strong>cancer</strong> in humans (Group 2B), based on<br />

childhood leukaemia findings [10].<br />

The evidence for the carcinogenicity of<br />

radiofrequency fields is even less clear<br />

[11-14]. A few epidemiological studies in<br />

occupational settings have indicated a<br />

possible increase in the risk of leukaemia<br />

or brain tumours, while other studies indicated<br />

decreases. These studies suffer<br />

from a number of limitations. The experimental<br />

evidence is also limited, but suggests<br />

that radiofrequency fields cannot<br />

cause DNA mutations. The lack of reproducibility<br />

of findings limits the conclusions<br />

that can be drawn.<br />

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Static and Extremely Low Frequency Electric and Magnetic<br />

LATITUDE:<br />

Increase in UVB (%)<br />

65N: 6.8%<br />

55N: 7.3%<br />

45N: 5.0%<br />

35N: 3.9%<br />

25N: 1.2%<br />

15N: 0.1%<br />

EQUATOR<br />

15S: 2.3%<br />

25S: 2.6%<br />

35S: 2.9%<br />

45S: 5.5%<br />

55S: 9.9%<br />

65S: 11.0%<br />

Washington DC<br />

Edmonton<br />

Fig. 2.40 Satellite-based analyses (1996) demonstrate increases in average annual levels of ultraviolet B<br />

(UVB) radiation reaching the Earth’s surface over the past ten years. These changes are strongly dependent<br />

on latitude.<br />

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London<br />

Buenos Aires<br />

WEBSITES<br />

Moscow<br />

Johannesburg<br />

ICNIRP (International Commission for Non-Ionizing<br />

Radiation Protection):<br />

http://www.icnirp.de<br />

National Council on Radiation Protection and<br />

Measurements (NCRP), USA:<br />

http://www.ncrp.com<br />

National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB), UK:<br />

http://www.nrpb.org.uk<br />

National Academy of Sciences USA, Committee on the<br />

Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR):<br />

http://www.nas.edu<br />

Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), Hiroshima,<br />

Japan:<br />

http://www.rerf.or.jp.<br />

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http://www.who.int/peh-emf/<br />

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http://www.niehs.nih.gov/emfrapid/html/EMF_DIR_RPT<br />

/staff_18f.htm<br />

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Fields (1997):<br />

http://books.nap.edu/books/0309054478/html<br />

The Stewart <strong>report</strong>: Independent Expert Group on Mobile<br />

Phones: Report on Mobile Phones and Health, 2000, UK:<br />

http://www.iegmp.org.uk/<strong>report</strong>/index.htm<br />

The Royal Society of Canada <strong>report</strong>, 1999:<br />

http://www.rsc.ca/english/RF<strong>report</strong>.pdf<br />

Melbourne<br />

Radiation 55

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